Comfort Fade Cardi

The Comfort Fade Cardi is today's topic.  This pattern is by Andrea Mowry.  This sweater is nice since the coloring is so customizable.  If you scroll through the completed projects on Ravelry, you can see how different each one looks.  You choose four different colors, and the pattern gives you instructions on when to change colors in order for it to fade.

Above is my completed project.  I had noticed when getting inspiration from others some people's cardis that some faded and some striped.  I wanted more of the fade look so when picking out colors I was looking for some variegated yarn in order for it to blend easier.  I noticed if a solid color was used in the middle of the fade, it would come out at noticeable stripes.  I tried to make sure that any of the colors on mine that would be touching would have some of the same color in them.  This was made a little more difficult since I was ordering these online.  I was searching through Jimmy Beans Wool, and decided that Malabrigo Arroyo was the way to go. I then chose to fade from blue to green.  If you look though my projects page on Ravelry, you will notice a trend in my frequenting using blue and green.  They are usually my go to colors.

I purchased two of each of the above colors.  Listed in order from top to bottom, the colors used were Reflecting Pool, Aguas, Indiecita, and Fresco y Seco.  I did not use any of the second skein of Reflecting Pool, but I'm ok with that since it is a nice yarn in a good color.  The one frustrating part about using hand dyed yarn was that the colors on the each pair of skeins varied so much that I had to alternate those every other row as well as fade the colors.  There were many times I had three skeins attached, but it was never for long periods of times.  I would be able to cut one shortly after I had gotten a few rows into the fade sections.  There were SO many ends to weave in at the end.  I wish I had kept up with them as I went instead of leaving them all until I was finished.

I am pleased with how the fade came out.  It is close to what I was envisioning in my head.  I have to say that while I am wearing this I tend to had to fiddle with it throughout the day.  The shoulders will slowly open up during wear.  I will have to keep pulling it up my shoulders.  Next time I wash and dry it, I think I need to get the collar folded differently, and it will solve this problem.  Even with that issue, I like wearing this, and I have received compliments on it while wearing it.

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